Word Meanings - SPIRITOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure. More refined, more spirituous and pure. Milton. 2. Ardent; active.

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• SPIRITUOUS
  1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
• ARDENT
  1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever. 2. Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden. 3. Warm, applied
• SPIRITUALIZE
  To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
• SPIRITUOSITY
  The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
• SPIRITUAL-MINDED
  Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
• SPIRITISM
  Spiritualsm.
• DEFECATOR
  That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. Knight.
• REFINED
  Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. Peacham. -- Re*fin"ed*ly (r, adv. -- Re*fin"ed*ness, n.
• SPIRITUALISTIC
  Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
• SPIRITUOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being spirituous. Boyle.
• SPIRITUAL
  1. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Cor. xv.
• ARDENTLY
  In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
• REFINEMENT
  1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas. The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more diffusive are they. Norris. From the civil war to this time, I doubt
• REFIND
  To find again; to get or experience again. Sandys.
• SPIRIT
  1. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up. Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in
• REFINER
  One who, or that which, refines.
• SPIRITOUS
  1. Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure. More refined, more spirituous and pure. Milton. 2. Ardent; active.
• SPIRITUALIZATION
  The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.
• ARDENTNESS
  Ardency.
• ACTIVE
  1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to Ant: passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. 2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile
• SELF-ACTIVE
  Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
  1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
• CHYLIFACTIVE
  Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• DISPIRITED
  Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
• PREFINE
  To limit beforehand. Knolles.
• RETROACTIVE
  Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law or statute , one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to
• DETRACTIVE
  1. Tending to detractor draw. 2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
• REFRACTIVE
  Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Refractive index. See Index of refraction, under Index. -- Absolute refractive index , the index of refraction
• DISSPIRIT
  See DISPIRIT
• PRACTIVE
  Doing; active. Sylvester. -- Prac"tive*ly, adv. The preacher and the people both, Then practively did thrive. Warner.
• DETRACTIVENESS
  The quality of being detractive.
• SUBTRACTIVE
  Having the negative sign, or sign minus. (more info) 1. Tending, or having power, to subtract.
• PROTRACTIVE
  Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.